bga_162914 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Potin au quadrupède
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Potin au quadrupède
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 3,47 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire avec un flan légèrement irrégulier, mais recouvert d’une belle patine grise et brillante
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, imberbe avec les cheveux regroupés dans une sorte de filet ; la base du cou représentée par un triangle évidé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Quadrupède passant à gauche, la queue en forme d’esse pointée.
Commentary
Au revers, le cheval a la queue enroulée, mais non pointé. Le champ du revers est orné d’annelets.
On the reverse, the horse has its tail curled, but not pointed. The reverse field is decorated with ringlets
On the reverse, the horse has its tail curled, but not pointed. The reverse field is decorated with ringlets
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Séquanes were one of the most important peoples of eastern Gaul. They were the enemies of the Aedui, their neighbors. Their territory was very vast and extended between the Saône, the Rhône, the Jura and the Vosges. The Jura lakes separated them from the Helvetians. They had been very powerful in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, but had lost their luster after the Germans had occupied part of their territory around 70 BC. Their neighbors were the Leuques, the Lingones, Aedui and Helvetians. Their principal oppidum was Vesontio (Besançon). Mentioned several times by Caesar, during the campaign of 52 BC, they provided a contingent of 12,000 men for the relief army. Caesar (BG. I, 1-3, 6, 8-10, 12, 19, 31-33, 35, 38, 40, 44, 48, 54; IV, 10; VI, 12; VII, 66, 67, 75, 90). Kruta: 16, 71, 111, 364.
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